Wanted to Dual Boot Win7 and Ubuntu - Windows Won't Boot Anymore

Q:Wanted to Dual Boot Win7 and Ubuntu - Windows Won't Boot Anymore

I wanted to set up Ubuntu on my computer and followed the instructions in the first answer to this thread dual boot - How to install Ubuntu alongside Windows - Ask Ubuntu As instructed I created a logical partition using EaseUS software I did this on my H drive a hard disk drive whereas Windows was installed on C and SSD After a mandatory reboot for the new partition changes I did not immediately go to install Ubuntu although I had Live USB to do so - Ubuntu to Dual Wanted Won't Boot Boot and Win7 Anymore Windows Instead if I remember properly I booted into Windows to make sure everything was Wanted to Dual Boot Win7 and Ubuntu - Windows Won't Boot Anymore OK but only to find out that some quot Windows could not boot properly quot giving me the option to 'Launch Startup Repair' - which I did but to no avail All it did was reported that some system files were missing or corrupt I then installed Ubuntu on a third drive because I still needed it to perform some benchmarking I did this using the 'install alongside windows ' option But now that I don't need Ubuntu anymore all I am interested in is getting back to Windows while keeping all the files and programs intact How should I go about fixing this Delete the logical partition on the other drive I also have that Windows installation CD and I'm thinking its repair options could be useful - but not having a whole lot of self-confidence I don't know what steps exactly to take to preserve my files Any help is greatly appreciated Edit I booted from the Windows installation disk just to see the options available and when selecting the 'Repair Windows' option I got a message saying quot this version of system recovery options is not compatible with the version of Windows you are trying to repair Try using a recovery disc that is compatible with this version of Windows quot The CD is definitely matching the version of windows I want to install but a problem might me that my Windows and the CD are the OEM versions which I've read can't be used to perform upgrades

My pc specs win7 dual boot +BSOD managemen win7/win10 wont "memory boot to anymore asus z -p motherboard intel i cpu bequiet w psu gig corsair vengeance ram samsung evo gig ssd win pro bit drive sandisk ultra II ssd gig ssd win drive dual boot win7/win10 wont boot to win7 anymore +BSOD "memory managemen x crucial gig bx ssd data drives i recently dual boot win7/win10 wont boot to win7 anymore +BSOD "memory managemen rebuilt this into a new case and it had been working fine Mainly using the win os but more recently using the win os more and more The way it has been working is that win is the default boot and I have to hit the delete key on startup to select win to boot from today I was on win but needed to reboot to Upon doing so I hit this message Secure Boot Violation The system found unauthorized changes on the firmware operating system or UEFI drivers It then gave me the option to boot to win as it is the next boot option on the list Win is now giving me the blue screen quot memory management error quot although I have been able to get into win after some more rebooting I ran SFC scanner and it told me that there were some problems that it cannot fix Everything is unplugged apart from mouse keyboard hdmi to screen and ethernet cable Unplugging the win drive from the mobo and switching the win drive to another port has not helped Has my ssd failed has win done an update that has caused this problem It did update today in fact the first error message I got was after win shut down and when I booted into it again it installed some updates before launching thanks for any help

I am looking to dual boot 7 and Ubuntu 9.10 and need some assistance. I installed 7 first on one drive and Ubuntu later on a completely separate drive. Here are my current dilemmas:

1) I do not get the option to choose the OS I boot to.2) When Linux boots it goes to black screen and stops.

I have done some reading and saw that there is a possibility that my GPU could be the cause of the black screen due to a lack of drivers or compatibility. I also think I need to do some configuring within Ubuntu to fix my boot order. I have only read about people configuring two partitions not two different drives but I don't think it should be an issue. My system specs are noted below. Again, Ubuntu is on separate 80GB SATA drive.

Thank you in advance.

A:Dual Boot Win7 and Ubuntu 9.10

Are you wanting Win 7 to be the primary boot device, or Ubuntu and use Grub for the boots?

I have Windows 7 RC1 installed for some time, dual-booting with Windows XP. And that worked like a charm. But a couple of days ago I installed Ubuntu on the Windows XP partition (after formatting it with ext3, of course). But the thing is, I have been trying to boot into my dear Windows 7 ever since, with no success. It didn't show in the boot manager, so I changed the menu.lst in Ubuntu. Thus it can be seen, but to no avail, as it does not work. I have tryed fixing it with the Windows 7 installation DVD, but it did not work. And I really ran out of ideas; also I would like to keep both my OS-es as they are (all data), if that's possible somehow.Looking forward to reading your suggestions, thank you!

A:Failing to dual boot Win7 and Ubuntu

Quote: Originally Posted by CyberDuck

Hello!

I have Windows 7 RC1 installed for some time, dual-booting with Windows XP. And that worked like a charm. But a couple of days ago I installed Ubuntu on the Windows XP partition (after formatting it with ext3, of course). But the thing is, I have been trying to boot into my dear Windows 7 ever since, with no success. It didn't show in the boot manager, so I changed the menu.lst in Ubuntu. Thus it can be seen, but to no avail, as it does not work. I have tryed fixing it with the Windows 7 installation DVD, but it did not work. And I really ran out of ideas; also I would like to keep both my OS-es as they are (all data), if that's possible somehow.Looking forward to reading your suggestions, thank you!

Ok so right now you have ubuntu, and win 7 right? and you want to keep the data in both. You probably had xp installed first then installed win 7 after and had a boot menu to let you chose which. when you formatted xp the boot loader was probably on the xp partition. You can use bcedit (i think there is a tutorial on its use here @ SF in the tutorial section)

Hello, I need some hint about configuring Windows7 bootmgr to give a choice of these two OS.I have Win7 and Ubuntu installed on two separate primary partitions, but always will boot right to Windows. So (if even bootmgr supports booting into Linux partition), I'd like to get any guidance howto, since I'm not familiar with bcdedit (except that this tools seem not to work under Windows at all)

Hello All I currently have Win HP installed on my HP dv laptop with T processor GB HDD amp GB RAM My - Ubuntu boot dual Win7 in install Help required objective is to install ubuntu with Windows in the dual-boot Help required in Win7 - Ubuntu dual boot install mode I searched previous posts regarding the same but could not quite find the exact answer I am writing down the steps I suppose I have to follow Please correct advise me wherever you feel I have gone wrong or could go better Create a separate partition for Ubuntu install and usage by shrinking my C drive Create another partition double the size of my RAM for using it as swap Restart the machine with the Live CD inserted and select 'Try ubuntu without any change to your computer' to see if things are running fine with the CD After the Booting is done click on Install Fill in sequentially the language Timezone and keyboard layout Help required in Win7 - Ubuntu dual boot install After reaching the prepare disk space Help required in Win7 - Ubuntu dual boot install screen choose 'Specify Partitions manually' On the prepare partition screen I will be able to figure out the partition for Ubuntu and Swap with their size Select the partition created for Ubuntu configure it as 'ext ' with mount point ' ' also click format partition Select the partition created for Swap and configure it as 'linux swap' Clicking on forward should take me to the screen which asks to fill name and password details Clicking on forward and install should start the installation process Thanks in advance

A:Help required in Win7 - Ubuntu dual boot install

Quote: Originally Posted by pranab

Hello All, I currently have Win 7 HP installed on my HP dv4 laptop with T6600 processor, 300GB HDD & 4GB RAM. My objective is to install ubuntu 9.10 with Windows 7 in the dual-boot mode. I searched previous posts regarding the same but could not quite find the exact answer. I am writing down the steps I suppose I have to follow. Please correct/advise me wherever you feel I have gone wrong or could go better. 1. Create a separate partition for Ubuntu (install and usage) by shrinking my C drive.2. Create another partition double the size of my RAM for using it as swap.3. Restart the machine with the Live CD inserted and select 'Try ubuntu without any change to your computer' to see if things are running fine with the CD.4. After the Booting is done, click on Install.5. Fill in sequentially the language, Timezone and keyboard layout.6. After reaching the prepare disk space screen, choose 'Specify Partitions manually'.7.On the prepare partition screen, I will be able to figure out the partition for Ubuntu and Swap with their size.8.Select the partition created for Ubuntu configure it as 'ext4' with mount point '/', also click format partition.9.Select the partition created for Swap, and configure it as 'linux swap'.10. Clicking on forward should take me to the screen which asks to fill name and password details.11. Clicking on forward and install should start the installation process.

Thanks in advance

Hello prenab;

You have though things out pretty well! Did some homework to. Good for you! I was happy with the default settings Ubuntu 9.10 used for the install and did not need all the manual steps you have listed. I just created the empty space, say 10 to 12GB at the end of my hard drive and told Ubuntu to install to the empty space. It did everything else, no problem.

Does anybody know where I can get an ISO of 7 that will work and also any advice on overcoming the typical missing drivers errors that keep popping up and stopping the install. Specifically missing firmware drivers for the BIOS and the DVD/CD rewriter.

A:Solved: Trying to install Win7 as a dual boot with Ubuntu

If you have a qualifying XP or Vista I found Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade (2 copies left). The "full" retail version is no longer sold as far as I know.

I have Ubuntu dual booting on Win7. After the bios load, is there anyway that I can make Win7 boot right away without selecting anything on the OS selection? The same way it would boot without dual boot...if that makes any sense.

If the above exists: Let's say I use Win7 all the time, but one day I decide to boot into Ubuntu. Is there a way that I can press a button, before Win7 loads, to make the OS selection come up?

I tried to make myself as clear as possible and I hope that you understand what I'm trying to say.

I need to reset my Gateway Desktop PC's Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bits installation to factory settings using the restore utility from the Desktop PC boot, my problem is that I have Ubuntu 11.10 too on dual-boot so I'm not sure what should I take into consideration.

There are two options: overwrite the OS installation or, format C: an do a clean installation. My biggest concern is that since I have dual boot the first loader that... loads, is the Ubuntu's one and I'm not sure if that is going to interfere with the installation.

Here's a similar thread: Vista - Need to restore Gateway to Factory Settings

A:How to reset Win7 to factory settings with Ubuntu dual-boot

Keep in mind that running the Factory preinstall is not optimal due to the often heavy load of OEM sponsors' bloatware and useless factory utilities which have better versions built into Win7. So I would consider doing a Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 to the Win7 partition, then following these steps to Dual boot Ubuntu-Win7 which cause the least problems by limiting GRUB to the Linux partition.

Make your Recovery disks anyway so you have a path back to factory condition if you decide to sell the PC or ship it back under warranty. If you do decide to run Recovery I would do it from it's partition at boot, then use the disks only as a backup against failure. If you decide to Clean Reinstall, make the disks so you can delete the Recov partition and recover its space.

If you run Recovery and it doesn't offer an option to save an existing partition then Ubuntu will be wiped and you'll need to add it back. Best is to add it on another HD booted only via the BIOS boot order or one-time Boot menu.

Hi a couple of months ago my system crashed windows wouldnt boot and I boot, help 7 wont Win disk doesnt boot, startup Ubuntu , windows dual misplaced my installation disk I had Win 7 , Ubuntu dual boot, windows wont boot, startup disk doesnt help the problems several times since obtaining the computer several years ago Lenovo IDeaPad y I attributed the problem to what I believed was a bad hard disk so I replaced it with a refurbished model I installed Ubungu and it worked well ever since I later located my win disk and created a dual boot Windows worked very well for several months until it stopped starting up last week It would get to the black windows screen where it says starting and usually get stuck there I would get fed up and turn it off after half an hour Once it was as the screen and it later started the checkdisk program and found no errors Another time it finally got into windows after a very long loading time and it seemed to work fine until the next time I restarted windows It just went back to the loading windows screen I formatted the windows partition through GParted in Ubuntu and tried the installation disk and it would get stuck at in the quot expanding files quot sequence After an hour of hoping something would happen I got fed up and forced it off again Not sure what to do from this point I have read other posts and it has led me to think that the issue could possibly be bad RAM or an issue with BIOS But Ubuntu has been working fine while Windows has simply been freezing at any attempt of a startup

Just curious, but is there option for me to enable uefi boot of my Windows 10 Professional installation on my HP xw6600 dual quad core E5450 machine which holds two Samsung 850 Pro SSD's, one for Windows 10 and the other completely for Ubuntu LTS 16.04.When possible, how to go about it. How do I enable this option. Yours truly,

Hi there Recently got a HP Pavilion g sa which came with Windows spit and this disgusting UEFI BIOS replacement double spit Anyway I need to dual boot Ubuntu on my system so I installed Ubuntu Normally on a non UEFI system a Grub bootloader installed by Linux would take Boot 8 Order and Dual Ubuntu on Boot Changing Windows over the startup process and allow you to choose between Changing Boot Order on Dual Boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu either Windows or Ubuntu on startup nbsp However on this computer startup is just booting straight to Windows despite the fact that Ubuntu and Grub IS installed Now upon startup if I press F then I get to change the boot-device on a one-time basis I can either select OS Boot Manager which loads Windows or Ubuntu which loads the Grub bootloader which allows me to select Windows or Ubuntu However when I press F to enter the Bios Setup with the intention of changing the boot order permanently the Ubuntu option isn't there Instead it has OS Manager USB Disk CD Rom USB CD Rom and Network Card Thanks HP for the crappily designed BIOS Anyway can anyone PLEASE provide me a way of changing the boot order so that GRUB is loaded first and NOT this crap Windows rubbish that I would happily bin if I didn't need it for work nbsp

A:Changing Boot Order on Dual Boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu

Looks like HP forums are just as useful as HP customer service and HP computers - i.e., not very useful at all.Problem solved though. Took the piece of crap back for a full refund and won't be buying HP again.Happy days.Bye.

After deleting the partition on which Ubuntu was installed and enlarging the windows partition to fill the old space at the same time( stupid I know), I am unable to boot to Windows 7. All I see is a command line message that says Unknown File System and on the next line says Grub Rescue> with the option to input commands. After looking at this forum and Ubuntu forums I'm still unable to resolve the issue. I would like to be able to boot into windows 7.

Hello everyone I've made my Sony VAIO into a dual-boot machine Win -bit and Ubuntu Linux and I'm having trouble getting into the BIOS When powering up even though I repeatedly press and hold down the DEL key it always goes straight to the GRUB menu And then when I select to load Windows I keep pressing DEL but it goes straight to Windows It doesn't seem to matter how fast I am on the keys - I can't get into the BIOS I have a should I be trying to enter the BIOS before BIOS dual system) can't booting when Ubuntu Linux boot enter / (Win7 getting to the GRUB menu or after Also and this may be irrelevant I've checked my registry to determine what kind of BIOS I have HKEY LOCAL MACHINE HARDWARE DESCRIPTION System where I found that the SystemBiosVersion variable Sony - BIOS Date Ver I would have can't enter BIOS when booting (Win7 / Ubuntu Linux dual boot system) thought the BIOS would be something like American Megatrends Anyways is there any way I can get into can't enter BIOS when booting (Win7 / Ubuntu Linux dual boot system) the BIOS from Windows i e after Windows has loaded Do I have to remove Linux from my computer I hope not Thanks so much for your help and have a great day

Best to keep in mind that the BIOS is completely different from ANY operating system. There is no connection between the two things, other than the BIOS handing off control to an OS.

You press DEL (or whatever key enters the BIOS) before any operating system begins to start up. You can start pressing the key repeatedly (once a second) just as soon as you hear the POST beep or see anything happen on the display screen.Once you reach the Grub loader it is too late. Start over.

You can't get into the BIOS from an operating system. You can only shut down and/or restart.Nothing in the operating system's registry has anything to do with your system's BIOS, other than communicating with it initially.

I installed Ubuntu on the same hard drive as my Windows different partition ofcourse Now even with windows boot manager when I choose 'start windows' it writes 'windows is loading files' then reboots Can't use recovery options quot repair your computer quot off my windows cd 14.04 Windows won't boot Ubuntu installing dual-boot. after for since it keeps telling me I don't have the matching windows version perhaps since ubuntu made some changes ro the MBR Solutions I've tried Fixing MBR with a 'utility' boot-cd like hiren's All it did was mess up ubuntu aswell so I had to reinstall ubuntu just to be able to boot Tried using boot-repair utility in Ubuntu - didn't work same problem Tried burning rescue disc off an existing windows computer Same error - 'no matching windows found' How can I reach window's rescue enviourment if it won't let me boot into it I would try to use bootrec exe but I can't get to it Please help I really don't want to re-install windows and lose all I Windows won't boot after installing Ubuntu 14.04 for dual-boot. have on that partition

A:Windows won't boot after installing Ubuntu 14.04 for dual-boot.

First off, if you can boot into Ubuntu you can browse the Windows partition and copy your files to a USB HDD for backup, so you won't loose anything if you have to reinstall.Then use EasyBCD boot manager to manage your OS's boot loader.

The Linux Grub messed you up. You can try to fix it with EasyBCD. Elseyou can make your C: partition active (with the bootable CD of Partition Wizard) and run repair/install with your installation disk 3 times. Reboot after each time.

Well I did a stupid thing while repairing my boot loader system using EasyBCD on Windows. I selected Ubuntu as default bootloader and also selected the 'Skip the boot menu' option and applied those settings.Now whenever I select Windows on the GRUB , it redirects to the GRUB leaving me no choice but Ubuntu.I can access the windows drives but can't boot into it.Is there anyway to solve this issue?P.S.- I don't have recovery.

Was trying to delete Linux from my dual boot and I accidentally the whole Windows 8 boot loader (again). But this time is worse.

I have Linux installed to get the boot loader back. Windows appears in the GRUB boot menu, but it is corrupted and will not boot. When I try to boot from it, it now goes to a "preparing automatic repairs" screen followed by an "attempting repairs" screen. I'm given an "Automatic repair couldn't repair your PC." Then it takes me to the Windows 8 recovery options.

Before it got corrupted, I tried doing a system restore from the recovery options but had to force a shutdown because the restore got stuck and would not end even after 10 hours had passed. That was probably a bad idea.

So I currently run Ubuntu as the sole OS on my Laptop Using a G-Parted live CD I partitioned half of my disk space the one half dedicated to running Ubuntu and the other half to Windows I downloaded a torrent of Windows one that I have used before with success so one that I trust and burned it to a DVD-RW at the slowest burning speed possible I booted Windows through the DVD and began to do a clean install of Windows on this one Partition that I left completely empty for the new OS Everything runs smoothly and I go through the set-up until suddenly the installation hangs at when 'Expanding Windows Files' I have exhausted pretty much all the possibilities of what could be going wrong to Windows Dual-Boot Trying to Ubuntu and 7 my knowledge - saying that however my knowledge isn't very Trying to Dual-Boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu extensive at all Could someone possible share some info on what I could be doing wrong I'm desperate to get Windows up and running on this computer so I can begin playing some games that are otherwise impossible or incredibly difficult to get working on Ubuntu notably as an avid player of the Football Manager series the upcoming release of FM If anyone can offer some sort of help fix I'll be extremely grateful Like seriously

A:Trying to Dual-Boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu

The best two ways of running Linux with Wondows on one Hd drive.Dual Boot Windows 7 and UbuntuLinux - Install on Windows 7 Virtual Machine using VirtualBox

My Windows/Ubuntu of Dual Getting Rid Boot PC has two hard drives The first hard drive is running Windows XP Professional sp and the second hard drive has Ubuntu Linux in a dual boot Getting Rid of Windows/Ubuntu Dual Boot configuration This means that I have something called Grub which causes a menu to come up so that I can select which of Getting Rid of Windows/Ubuntu Dual Boot the two OS s I want to load The default is Windows XP Professional I recently got interested in running Microsoft Virtual PC and would like to set it up to run Ubuntu Linux That way I don t have to worry about dual-booting anymore and I can gain access to my GB second hard drive from within Windows XP I did a little research on how to uninstall Ubuntu without harming Windows XP But the problem I am running into is that there seems to be two ways of doing it Go into the Win XP Recovery Console and run FIXMBR after which the Grub boot menu will go away and I can format my second hard drive Or Go into the Win XP Recovery Console and run FIXBOOT then FIXMBR after which the Grub boot menu will go away and I can format my second hard drive So which is it FIXMBR only Or FIXBOOT first then FIXMBR Any help would be greatly appreciated RamFel

A:Getting Rid of Windows/Ubuntu Dual Boot

I'm nearly positive it doesn't matter. As long as you uninstall Ubuntu first.

Hi everyone,I have a Windows 7 OS installed on a SATA drive, A few days ago I installed Ubuntu 10.10 on an IDE drive. So far the only way is to switch the HDD drives in BIOS to boot up the one I want. Can anyone help me here.

A:Windows 7 and Ubuntu dual-boot

do you want to dual boot them off the same hard drive?
I do the same swapping thing for 7 and Vista, but I have to take the side off the case and switch the cables as my bios doesn't support multiple hard drives

Hi I have been researching installing Ubuntu alongside Win on my boot and windows ubuntu 8 dual daughters laptop I dual boot windows 8 and ubuntu already boot Ubuntu amp Win on my desktop pc but I have read some horror stories about installing Ubuntu with Win mostly in regard to the uefi boot system in dual boot windows 8 and ubuntu Win as well as its a laptop as opposed to desktop I have been told that i must enter the bios first and disable secure boot Most of the tutorials I have read are dual boot windows 8 and ubuntu very complex Then i read a tutorial from this website dated that appeared to be simple and similar to my own Ubuntu Win installation however it was dated Dual Boot Windows And Ubuntu Posted November pm in Windows Guides The only difference with my intended installation is that I will use a dvd as my Pc does not have a USB Boot option Please can anyone confirm that this Tutorial is valid and perhaps explain why so many other tutorials require BCD disable secure boot plus many other things outside the scope of my experience I would be most grateful I have even read that a mobo was destroyed by an incorrect installation and as this is my daughter's laptop i really dont want to have to buy her a new one Thanks

A few days ago I could not access my Windows XP because of this error quot Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt Windows System Config System quot I was still able to access Ubuntu through the Dual boot startup menu I accessed the Internet using Ubuntu to ask for help fourms I tried all the suggestions for Recovery Repair using my Windows XP installation disk and it appeared to have fixed my problem but now it is asking me for my Administrator Password I used or entered my Admin Password yet it won t let me in When I ask for help on the Internet with boot, Dual Windows/Ubuntu that everyone thinks I am trying to break in to someone else s computer and I get no responses or negative Dual boot, Windows/Ubuntu responses It seems that I may have to do a clean Install of my Windows XP My concern now is if the Dual Boot menu that directs me to either OS will be wiped out when I do a clean install of Windows XP BTW Windows XP is solely on the C Drive and Ubuntu is on the D Drive Each drive is Dual boot, Windows/Ubuntu GB Any final suggestions before I do the clean install As you can see I am very hesitant in doing this One final note I was able to access some important files from my C Drive through Ubuntu and save them on my Flash Drive Thanks nbsp

A:Dual boot, Windows/Ubuntu

dual boot

After two days I finally solved my problem. No thanks to anyone on this forum.

I have my Windows 8 installed in my C drive and it is the only OS I have as of now. I want to install Ubuntu 12.04 alongside Windows 8. But I have read so many negative things with regards to problems in booting after installing Ubuntu alongside Windows 8.

My Win 8 is installed in UEFI mode.

I am posting a screenshot of disk management Will installing Ubuntu 12.04 cause any problems in booting?

A:How to dual boot Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 8?

1) Windows 8 is not install in UEFI mode.

2) I would wait until the end of April to install Ubuntu, as version 13 will be out, which should work better with Windows 8.

Ok so what i have is Windows 7 RC installed to my hard drive. I have a seperate partition which i would like to install Ubuntu on. Granted i could just go ahead and straight install but then i would be using the Grub bootloader and i don't want to.

What is my best option? That NeoGrub thing?

A:Windows 7 and Ubuntu Dual Boot

Don't forget that *nix uses more than one partition. It's been a real long time since I installed and used any version, but I think by default it uses one each for boot, system and paging. So you may want to consider that.

A possible way to do what you want might be to install Ubuntu, then boot to Windows 7 using Grub. Then use EasyBCD manage bootloader tab to reinstall the Vista bootlader.

I never tried to use that before, so if it doesn't work out, don't blame me. Get a second opinion about this, first.

Good luck. Final thought: I'd probably use an entirely different physical drive to install Ubuntu to, while the 7 drive was unplugged. Then you could just add Ubuntu to 7 bootloader later on.

Forum admin please bump this if you feel it is in the wrong local grin I recently tried loading Ubuntu onto a separate drive on boot 7 dual and Windows Ubuntu my computer All went well except for the boot process Upon booting I no longer was brought to the normal dual boot screen instead I now got what I beleive to be the Linux boot screen From here I was able to still load windows with a few more steps What didn't like was the Windows 7 and Ubuntu dual boot thought that Ubuntu took over I did some research and figured I should reinstall it I went to the Windows partition and formatted the section that had Ubuntu on it Much to my surprise Ubuntu loaded itself on the same HDD as Windows Windows 7 and Ubuntu dual boot I formatted the section holding Ubuntu and restarted the system to this problem grub loading error unknown filesystem grub rescue So here I' stuck The only ability I have is to get into bios and change my boot devive I need help retrieving Windows Thank you Tom

A:Windows 7 and Ubuntu dual boot

Hi Tom

Do you have a windows 7 repair disk? If you do, then boot from the disk (by using your computer Bios). Once the disk has loaded you can do a system restore as it restores your computer to an earlier point in time before your computer crashed.

A similar problem happened to my computer (with Linux Mint) and I used that method to restore windows 7.

Hp envy 6 sleekbook 6z 1100 I have already disable the secure boot in the BIOS But I still cannot install the ubuntu 13.04 The installation was good and smooth But after reboot, there is no boot menu appear for me to choose which OS I want to boot I wonder if HP locked something......... or should I turn on Legacy support in the BIOS? But ubuntu 13.04 should support EFL BIOS I need Ubuntu for work!

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A:How to dual boot ubuntu and windows 8?

Hi, The following tutorials will help: http://apcmag.com/how-to-dual-boot-windows-8-and-linux.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNCSbTyUzoM Regards.

Hello all First off if this is in the wrong 7 dual boot? Windows Ubuntu and forum I apologize OK what I am trying to do here is have my computer dual boot Windows and Ubuntu I have Windows installed on my original hard disk I bought a second hard disk last week and installed Ubuntu on it I am trying to get my computer to be able to boot both of Windows 7 and Ubuntu dual boot? them I want to have the Windows hdd be the primary boot with the Ubuntu hdd be the option To get the Windows hdd to work I have to completely remove the Ubuntu hdd If the Ubuntu Windows 7 and Ubuntu dual boot? hdd is installed the Windows hdd will not boot The computer will start up and - seconds later it will restart and freeze at the quot Starting Windows quot screen If I put the Ubuntu hdd in the main slot and the Windows hdd in the secondary it will start right up and recognize that the Windows hdd is installed I think that this is because Windows wants to be the only OS and doesn't recognize others How do I change this so that both Windows 7 and Ubuntu dual boot? hdds are bootable without physically removing one I have looked on both UbuntuForums Windows website and here and have found nothing that helps

I want to use Windows 8 Pro and Ubuntu 13.04 on a single machine.How do I achieve this in a stable manner?I want to use Ubuntu as a backup OS if Windows 8 ever crashes.Kindly suggest the best possible and optimum solution with detailed steps.

Hi! i am trying to get an old Panasonic toughbook (2 GB RAM ) going with a dual boot of the latest Ubuntu and windows 7 ... how exactly would i go about doing this on a completly blank new hardrive , thanks!!!

how to dual boot windows 10 and ubuntu 15.04 easily i have had issues with the partitions anybody got any ideas

A:how to dual boot windows 10 and ubuntu

Hi pc helper 123456789,
I found a blog discussing about tip for dual-booting Windows 10 preview and Linux on a PC with UEFI firmware. It may be useful.
Tip for dual-booting Windows 10 preview and Linux on a PC with UEFI firmware
http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2015/01/18/tip-for-dual-booting-windows-10-preview-and-linux-on-a-pc-with-uefi-firmware/
As ZigZag indicated, we also could try to run the ubuntu in the Hyper-V if we want to use the two systems in a machine.
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Hello I have dual boot in my laptop with Ubuntnu LTS Boot: 0xc000000f Win7: failed Manager boot Boot Dual Status: selection and Windows Home Premium bit Today after working on Ubuntu I restarted and switched to Windows and as soon as it logged in I noticed the battery was I thought maybe it was some kind of glitch or something silly me so I just pulled the power supply and the Dual Boot: Win7: Boot Manager Status: 0xc000000f boot selection failed laptop abruptly turned off My laptop battery is completely dead now won't charge at all and after that incident when I tried to log back into Windows it showed this error Windows failed to start A recent hardware of software change might be the cause To fix the problem Insert your Windows installation disc and restart the computer Choose your language settings and then click quot Next quot Click quot Repair your computer quot If you do not have this disc contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance Status xc f Info The boot selection failed because a required device is inaccessible I don't have an installation disc I tried pressing F and none of the options there helped Ubuntu still works totally fine though So I'm guessing it is not some hard drive crash and my data are fine in Windows but I just can't boot into it Please Help

Okay so I ve spent the last couple hours researching how to remove my ubuntu partition from a multi-OS boot with Windows and Vista still boot with Windows dual 7 Ubuntu in removing not convinced of an exact method or strategy I need the space but am more afraid of losing all my data and having to reformat and reinstall Windows Yes my data is backed up but it s just the hassle of having to reinstall apps and shortcuts and every single little thing I ve tweaked especially the registry in the past year Does anyone know of a full proof method to uninstall and remove this ubuntu linux removing Ubuntu in dual boot with Windows 7 partition Does the fact the i installed Windows after Ubuntu laptop came with Vista then installed Ubuntu to dual boot then recently got change anything or the fact that Windows is listed as my default OS Until i know for sure i guess I m just gonna have to leave it there any help would be greatly appreciated I knew that grub was gonna come back and kick me in the ass Vista Home Premium Ubuntu Windows Professional Thanks

A:removing Ubuntu in dual boot with Windows 7

So you have a triple-boot? Vista, Ubuntu, and 7?Do this for me while inside Windows 7:in the Start Menu search, type this and hit Enter:msconfigOnce on the "Boot" tab, take a screenshot and post it here.

Hi I have a small query about this whole partitioning business I'm trying to set up a partition so I can dual-boot Windows and Ubuntu My computer came with a Dell Recovery partition and an OEM partition as well as the main C drive which are all primaries I've created a new logical drive which I've called Z with the idea being to install the Linux OS in that Ubuntu to dual-boot 7 a partition Windows up and Set chunk of the drive My first question First up I've formatted it as quot exFAT quot - is this the same as FAT Next question can I divide this 'Z' into smaller chunks with different formats or do they all have to be the same format I was hoping to be able to format a small bit of the drive into a Linux filesystem so that both OSs can be kept entirely separate from each other but leave the bulk of it as FAT so that I can see my files with both Set up a partition to dual-boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu OSs If this is not possible what would be the best way to achieve the desired result Thanks for any help McG

A:Set up a partition to dual-boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu

Hi McG, welcome to the forums.
I can't really answer your questions about Ubuntu, but I recommend you start by checking this thread at the Ubuntu forum. I would save it since you might come into those problems when trying to install Ubuntu in your disc.

Hello all. I am new to the forums and have been having a very annoying issue as of late. I currently have a machine installed with Windows 8 pro 64 bit installed on one Samsung 840 pro SSD. Works great. I recently added a second Crucial m4 SSD and would like to install Linux on it... I am having major issues doing so mainly because of UEFI... and when installing Linux it does not see Windows 8 installed on any drive therefore making it rather difficult to install both OSes. Any advice would be wonderful! I have searched Google quite a bit only to find the same issues but non relating to ssd drives. Thanks in advance!

Devin

A:Windows 8 dual boot ubuntu 12.10 on 2 ssd drives

Welcome to EightForums.

First you will need to DISABLE Secure Boot.

Originally Posted by theog

Reset BIOS to default, and reboot to BIOS make sure Secure Boot is disabled.
Make sure CSM is ENABLED, & set to UEFI boot.
NOTE: Check your manufacturer's uEFI BIOS manual for settings.

Secure boot: technical types spreading half-baked information

Linux distributions are making slow progress on implementing measures to ensure that their images available for download are bootable on hardware that has secure boot turned on.

Secure boot is a feature of the UEFI, the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, a replacement for the BIOS.

Microsoft has implemented this feature on hardware certified for Windows 8 in a way that requires the exchange of cryptographic keys; since the company controls the key-signing authority, anyone who wants to create a bootable medium has to necessarily obtain a key from Redmond.

Misinformation is rife about secure boot, simply because people confuse UEFI with secure boot and think that support for the former means support for the latter. Many so-called technical types are as guilty as others of spreading wrong information.

mjg59 | Secure Boot distribution support

?Microsoft's real aim is to kill the aftermarket in used computers that have Win 8 installed by not allowing you to install something other than Windows?

Microsoft could just have refused to sign UEFI bootloaders. They didn't. That doesn't really fit in with what you're claiming.

I would like to install Linux Ubuntu on my laptop alongside Windows using dual boot.
However, people keep telling me that it is not a good idea this to be done on a laptop because of driver comparability and stuff like that.

So is it OK if dual boot Ubuntu and Windows on a laptop or it is a terrible idea?

Best Regards
Stefany

A:Dual boot Windows and Linux Ubuntu

I'm against multi-booting of any kind. I believe in keeping it simple, so if you want to play around with Ubuntu, especially if you are worried about compatibility, virtualize it. It's 100% compatible with VirtualBox.

Hey everyone, Im really killin' myself over this one. I just recently added Ubuntu 10.04.1 to my Gateway laptop NV53. I set it up so they would be installed side by side, Ubuntu being the one newly installed. It came with Windows 7, and it would give me the choice to select which OS i wanted to load (It gave me the Ubuntu OS, there were two -- and there was the Windows 7, A Vista Loader, and two other load choices those being like partitions on the drive) but now, when I try and boot off the HDD, it says: error: no such partition.grub rescue>

I dunno what to do and im tearing myself to pieces here, whado I do??

A:Windows 7/Ubuntu dual boot issue

You should have got a cheap external HDD to put Ubuntu on, i once had a problem like yours, i couldn't get back into windows after trying to dual boot with Ubuntu. i had to reformat my whole HDD.

I just installed Ubuntu to make my computer dual boot with Windows 7. When the option in Ubuntu came up to install it along Windows 7, I selected it. Well, after the install my monitor pops up a box saying "Out of Range" and nothing comes up, then Ubuntu boots. I never get the option to boot Win7. If I hit a button while the monitor is out of range, nothing boots. What is my problem? Thanks

A:Windows 7 and Ubuntu Dual Boot Problems

I think that the Ubuntu boot loader has taken over and set itself as default (so it boots after the timeout period has expired), which may be fine, BUT, the resolution it has chosen for that display is not compatible with your monitors resolution settings, so the monitor just says out of range.Do you have another monitor you can try, or an old CRT screen monitor, anything that might accept the resolution and display the screen and try another video port coming from the computer if available. I don't know how to go about changing the boot screen resolution.

If the dual boot screen is similar to Windows, when it gets to that pause where its waiting for any change to be made as far as which OS to boot to, press the down arrow key once and then hit enter and see if Windows 7 loads (and displays).

ubuntu forums are no help with this at all, i keep getting told to come here. Wanting to remove the ubuntu partion and the grub boot manager and just have my windows again, need an easier way to do this. Do not have a windows disc, been reading around and there are some ways to just delete everything linux with out it effecting windows, just cant figure it out on my own.

I have two hard drives and one is 15 gb and I have 14gb left, how would I install Ubuntu onto that drive, and then, if I install it right. How would I boot to it?

A:Wanting to dual-boot Windows XP and Ubuntu

boot from ur ubuntu cd and watch the magic.. i think it uses disk druid (maybe that was fedora) to patition the hard dive. once installed linux's GRUB becomes ur boot manager and u can make it do whatever u want

Sorry guys if this is in the wrong forum, but since XP is my primary operating system I thought I'd start here. Here's the problem: Yesterday I decided to install Ubuntu on my PC to where I could dual-boot into either Windows or Ubuntu. Well, the installation went fine, but now when I boot up it gives me the option of booting Windows or Ubuntu (this IS what I wanted). Only thing is that it automatically highlights "Ubuntu" instead of Windows and if I don't choose Windows in 5 seconds it boots Ubuntu. Is there any way that I can move "Windows" to the top of the list so that if I don't choose anything, it'll automatically load Windows XP?

i have a rather powerful computer in the greater scheem of things... and i would like to dual boot from two separate drives, ubuntu linux, and windows 7. i am in need of thorough instruction! i halve found alot of people online asking about ubuntu, people reply talking about other OSs and saying it should help. also if anyone could tell me what toll this might take on my power supply or my ram to have 2 HDs running at once technicaly. please and thank you. Thor.

A:I NEED HELP to dual boot windows 7 and ubuntu on seperate HDs

Hello.

The easiest way to do away with boot issues between separate Operating Systems (OS) is to use the BIOS one time boot menu to select which OS to boot at system startup, each motherboard has an individual hot-key to tap during system start-up to access this menu.

If you have 2 separate Hard Disk Drives (HDD) and have one OS installed to one HDD and you want to install another OS to the second HDD, disconnect the HDD with the first OS installed on it and leave only the HDD you want to install the second OS to connected.Install the second OS to the connected HDD and when complete and the system is booting good, power down and reconnect the first HDD with the first OS on it.

This way the OSs will boot independently of each other and there will be no boot conflicts between the 2 separate OSs to have to sort later.

Then set the BIOS to boot the HDD / OS you want as default and if you want to start the other (new) OS you use the BIOS one-time boot menu to select that HDD / OS to start when the PC is started.Asus - F8 HP/Compaq - Esc Sony - F2 Acer ? F12 Packard BellGateway - F10 eMachnes - F10 Gigabyte ? F12Toshiba - F12 Dell - F12

Hello people of 7forums! I am new here and I have a very interesting question.Okay, so when I boot Ubuntu 14.04.2 x64 from my USB stick, it doesn't detect Windows 7!I have tried to convert my disk to basic, but I don't seem to have an option for it so I guess I already have a basic one! My computer is custom built so it is NOT UEFI based. When I open Disk Management in Windows 7, there's a green box around my C drive. People have told me that it's because it's a logical partition and I have more than 4 primary, which is wrong. I have 1 (System reserved) which is primary, 2 unallocated for Ubuntu 14.04.2 and my C drive which apparently is the "extended partition". Is this why Ubuntu is not recognizing my Windows 7 install? I would greatly appreciate any help!

Thanks, Jason.

A:Windows 7 and Ubuntu 14.04 Dual boot problems

Are you sure Ubuntu mount NTFS partitions automatically? I have seen some Linux distributions that doesn't do this.

(my Linux is basic) You can try in terminal window: (9 commands to check hard disk partitions and disk space on Linux)

Code:
fdisk -l
Then mount the proper partition (the command is an example, exchange sda2 with the correct device number, the bold part is the name under which the partition will be mounted, you can change it):

Ok so I am running two operating systems at the moment Windows Ultimate x and Ubuntu Linux I have them both in my dual boot menu but I have a question as to how to organize them I recently visited this thread Dual-Boot Windows -bit and -bit and they were basically 7/Ubuntu 9.10 Windows Question Boot Dual explaining how to set your default boot OS to Windows Well I kinda have the same problem except for Windows 7/Ubuntu 9.10 Dual Boot Question when I follow the instructions on that thread I get to the part where it tells you how to set it to default but the only OS that shows up is Windows It does not show any sign of Ubuntu whatsoever Is it because I have to have a WINDOWS OS or what But I would like to organize my boot menu to where it highlights Windows as the first boot option rather than Ubuntu because I want Windows to be the first OS on the list Any help on how to make that happen if possible Thanks for the great support -Brandon

A:Windows 7/Ubuntu 9.10 Dual Boot Question

Would you want to do it using the command line options, or download EasyBCD?

For now, open an administrative command prompt and type: bcdedit

This will show you what the boot store looks like. Type bcdedit /? and you can see some of the commands to use to manipulate the store. Probably the first thing you might want to do in make a backup copy of the store

I have two hard drives on my computer, one for my OS and apps (C, and one for my data (D. I recently reformatted my C: drive, re-installing Windows 7. I want to set up a dual-boot system with Ubuntu 10.04.

The problem I am having is that the Ubuntu installer recognizes my D: drive but not the C:. The C: drive is currently partitioned as follows:

HII've recently installed Ubuntu as a dual system, i installed it on separate partition, now i have dual boot Ubuntu and windows 7... WHAT I WANT , how to uninstall Ubuntu without affecting W7 to return my system as it was ; Windows 7 only...Regards

I wanna install Ubuntu (dual boot) alongside Windows. Is it as simple as just booting from the Live CD, selecting install Ubuntu, making a partition from the hard drive and installing? Is that it? After Ubuntu get's installed, when I boot up the computer, will it give me the option to boot from Windows or Ubuntu?

Slasher

A:Run Ubuntu 11 as dual boot alongside Windows

Hello.

Yes that's the way but using separate HDDs to boot them separately would save you a bunch of head-aches later.

Hello I had windows installed on a disk sda and decided to install ubuntu in another disk sdb Ubuntu installed Grub boot loader in sdb ubuntu with dual boot Hibernate 7 in windows and both Hibernate windows 7 in dual boot with ubuntu systems seem to work fine Except windows hibernation which worked Hibernate windows 7 in dual boot with ubuntu normally before the Ubuntu installation What happens is this If I set the BIOS to startup from disk sdb GRUB comes out When I select windows and try to hibernate the screen goes black and after a couple of seconds the log in screen appears So I can not hibernate windows when I use GRUB By the way ubuntu hibernates normally If I set the BIOS to startup from disk sda windows load without GRUB of course and hibernate actually works But when I turn on the pc windows resuming is the only option I can not activate the bbs popup and even if I set bios to boot from the other disk sdb the system seems to ignore me and resumes windows without displaying GRUB loader So I can either hibernate windows but have to resume before I can use ubuntu or start windows using grub and not have the option to hibernate From the above I get that windows have a way of controlling the system's BIOS and prevent loading another os when windows are hibernated I say windows because my laptop has a similar dual boot vista with ubuntu and hibernation works for both systems and I can load whichever I want after that I tried to find information about w hibernation and bios but I couldn't find anything clear enough I have also tried EasyBCD but it didn't change a thing I have already seen the posts about active partitions boot partitions boot flag in ubuntu turned off hybrid sleep prevented all devices from waking up windows but nothing works I started a thread ubuntu Hibernate Problem in Windows but not in Ubuntu - Ubuntu Forums since I though it was a GRUB problem but no one seemed to know what to do or no one cared So I' m left with the above assumption windows controlling bios Does anybody know anything about this or the problem in general Thank you in advance

A:Hibernate windows 7 in dual boot with ubuntu

Oh boy this takes a while. to speed you along: powercfg.exe -energy in a windows 7 cmd.exe with admin rights - fixs as many problems as you can. if sleep works but hybrid sleep and hibernate don't and you boot with grub: set boot flag for the mini partition that windows made when it installed itself - note do NOT do this with windows disk manager as it will BREAK your system if you did do this use testdisk to recover (but believe me - you don't want to do that) Instead use parted gparted rescue disk or your linux partition and fdisk and set the boot flag. Still not hibernating (like me?) then you need to use the grub menu option that boots windows from the small partition usually /dev/sda1 (you set the boot flag didn't you?) Ok that should be it. Good luck

I decided to dual boot ubuntu 13.04 with Windows 8. I had a dual boot setup before with Windows 7 and didn't have any problems.

Since this latest dual boot Ubuntu has been running fine however Windows 8 has become really sluggish. It now takes a few minutes to boot when before it was able to boot within sceconds. Once opening a program it crashes and freezes up the entire system, basically making windows unuasable.

There were no problems with windows 8 prior to the dual boot so I am not 100% sure why this is happening.

I backed my system up before install ubuntu so I can easily get everything back if I have to formate everything.

A:Ubuntu Windows 8 dual boot preformance

Could be any number of things. Running checkdisk on the 8 partition is worth a try.

Hello to everyone I have a HP Pavilion DV laptop recently I wanted to do a dual boot system to install MAC OSX and leave my windows intact I created a partition inside volume C withh shrink option Gb and formated Then I did install Mac OSX with a bootable cd iBOOT and after that installed MAc in a good way Now when I wanted to turn on windows it didnt show anything so I tryed with my System Dual anything to didnt windows boot - wanted turn on it show I when Repair DVD and trying to repar and failed to repair after failure it brings me up this screen image incorrectly uploaded - see Screenshots and Files - Upload and Post in Dual boot - when I wanted to turn on windows it didnt show anything Seven Forums I did try all of them and nothing happend The only thing is that it brings me up one screen of HP Diagnostic with options System Recovery recovers to factory setting Minimal Recovery recovers to factory settings with minimal I can do that but will loos all my data and dont want to do that for the moment Can someone HELP me

A:Dual boot - when I wanted to turn on windows it didnt show anything

At any time you can rescue your data using Win7 DVD or System Repair Disk via this method: Copy & Paste - in Windows Recovery Console, or use Paragon rescue disk to recover data.

What I would try is to start Win7 by marking it Active: Partition - Mark as Active (Method Two)

Then run Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times until Win7 starts and holds the System Active flags on its partiiton.

Now install EasyBCD to Win7, add Mac from it's sub-tab on Add New Entry tab, making sure to correctly choose if you have Win7 installed using EFI BIOS or MBR. To determine this if you're not sure, enter BIOS setup to see if EFI boot disk is set to boot first:

Acer Desktop PC Model AM sis ethernet adapter webstar dpx series cable in Ubuntu No Boot 9.10: Vista Ubuntu Connection Dual and Internet modem After setting up a dual Dual Boot Vista and Ubuntu 9.10: No Internet Connection in Ubuntu boot system successfully Vista connects to internet via ethernet Ubuntu does not sis ethernet driver is updated to latest version I can access the internet from Ubuntu however after shutting down the pc unplugging the power cord removing the cmos battery and reinstalling I reinsert the power cord and boot up as normal into Ubuntu and have full access to internet Simply removing reinserting ethernet cord removing reinserting pc or cable modem power cord or resetting cable modem does not work I am asking if there is a solution as to where I can log off Vista and restart pc into Ubuntu and have internet access automatically bypassing Dual Boot Vista and Ubuntu 9.10: No Internet Connection in Ubuntu all these steps I ve explained After perusing multiple forums where people have described similar if not same issues I ve yet to find a solution to this I ran ipconfig in Vista and have the results I ran ifconfig in Ubuntu and have the Dual Boot Vista and Ubuntu 9.10: No Internet Connection in Ubuntu results As these results may contain information that can present a vulnerability regarding system ip identification I have omitted them here If needed I will respond via personal message with the contents Thank you in advance for your continued contributions in aiding the computer world quot handicapped quot nbsp

A:Dual Boot Vista and Ubuntu 9.10: No Internet Connection in Ubuntu

Ubu 9.10 has known issues

If you are using Ubuntu 9.10, it has known issues with the built-in Network Manager and DSL modems (and presumably Cable modems as well)..

Currently, there is no fix (short of going back to 8.10 or hoping it is fixed in Ubu10 due out in April (iirc). Sorry.

Hello I have recently installed Ubuntu Lts in dual boot on my second drive but since then I am unable to boot into windows on my first drive Ubuntu is installed in UEFI like Windows In my BIOS I have the two options for my first drive ubuntu and Windows Boot Manager windows7 Ubuntu 14.04Lts boot can't into Dual boot with Ubuntu works fine but when I select Windows Boot Manager Dual boot with Ubuntu 14.04Lts can't boot into windows7 I get error Status xc Info A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed When I boot into Ubuntu I got entries in my GRUB menu Windows UEFI bootmgfw efi Windows Boot UEFI loader and Windows Boot Manager on dev sda They all give me the same error when I select them file windows system winload efi status xc info The application or operating system couldn't be loaded because a required file is missing or contains errors I have tried booting in UEFI on a windows installation disk and running startup repairs but it failed in System files integrity check and repair with failed-error code x Can anyone help Thanks

A:Dual boot with Ubuntu 14.04Lts can't boot into windows7

Can you please post a screenshot of the menu you have when you boot into the installation disk?

I have Asus laptop with OEM Win7 HomeP 64bit on it, I installed Ubuntu 12.04 along side with Win7, didn't know that Ubuntu will be the main boot, I used Ubuntu 11.10 a year a go and Windows was my main boot, I tired several way to retrieve Win7 as main boot but didn't work.

I tried to fully recover Windows, but when finished I get black screen with "getgrub error"
now recovery doesn't work any more.

I want to get rid of Ubuntu for ever, how? without losing my genuine Win7

A:Dual Boot problem, Ubuntu is the main boot

Hello, Mesh F90 and welcome to Seven Forums.

First you to boot to Ubuntu 12.04 and follow this :

1. Open your Terminal.2. Type grep menuentry /boot/grub/grub.cfg3. You will got something like : menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" {You will got other lines but you need this, this is last one.4. Remember this quotes for Windows 7 (ex . "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)") (DON'T FORGOT quotes!!!) you will need it later.5. In Terminal type this : sudo nano -B /etc/default/grub6. You will got this :

Code:
# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

Hello I have been struggling with boot issues ever since I decided to install ubuntu LTS along Win bits on myVAIO computer To install it I chose quot Something else quot and resized the partition myself within the Ubuntu Installer At first I got GRUB working and finding Win but I could not start it after this boot-info Ubuntu Pastebin I reinstalled GRUB in sda using the following commands sudo update-grub sudo grub-install dev sda I got 7 BCD issue dual installing Boot Ubuntu Win boot after a seemingly quite common black screen from Windows Boot Manager saying this HTML Code File Boot BCD Status xc f Info An error occured while attempting to read the boot configuration data From this message I found out that I needed to rebuild the BCD and then reinstall GRUB to get a working dual boot I have created a Win bits repair USB and using Win 7 Boot BCD issue after installing Ubuntu dual boot diskpart I know I have primary partitions - MB - It seems Win 7 Boot BCD issue after installing Ubuntu dual boot to me that the boot files are supposed to be there According to DISKPART it s the volume C and labeled quot System Reserved quot - GB - Windows is installed on this partition According to DISKPART there is no Win 7 Boot BCD issue after installing Ubuntu dual boot volume associated with this partition and it is hidden - GB - Ubuntu is installed on this partition - MB is SWAP Auto repair from Win repair usb does not recognize my Windows and does not work Therefore I have to work with the command prompt I have tried most available tutorial on rebuilding BCDs Basically when I run all the tutorials I could find and they involved the following commands bcdboot c windows s c I get quot Failure when attempting to copy boot files quot bootrec rebuildbcd I get quot Successfully scanned Windows installations total identified Windows Installations GLOBALROOT Device HarddiskVolume Windows But when I try to add installation to boot list I get quot The requested system device cannot be found quot My current boot-info is available here Ubuntu Pastebin I am definitely not an expert in this matter and I would really appreciate any good advice you can provide Thanks a lot for your help

Hi,My dell laptop is dell inspiron 14R with preinstalled windows 8.I want to install ubuntu 10.04 side by side. I switch to legacy boot option too.But could not install it through disk since during partition table creation, it is not showing any os that is preinstalled.Its imp for me to install ubuntu.I even reinstalled window 8 in legacy mode and SATA option AHCI and then tried to install ubuntu.Even in that case, same problem exists.In case of ATA option, it even doesn,t show any partion to install ubuntu

Ive read some dual boot threads but the three that ive seen on here started in so i wanted to with (maybe Want Lion to OSX ubuntu) 7 triboot windows and dual-boot make a new thread instead of asking on those if anyone was asking ask u can see on my computer specs i have gb hdd currently i am uncomfortable installing lion on to the data drive or the c Want to dual-boot windows 7 and OSX Lion (maybe triboot with ubuntu) drive since i do not have the confidence about doing this but i have a gb hdd lying around and want to install onto it and dualboot my windows and Want to dual-boot windows 7 and OSX Lion (maybe triboot with ubuntu) lion i would prefer a detailed guide thank u starting from the beginning so i know i didnt miss anything since im a slight noob ive done ubuntu and xp installations on virtual box but i want to do the hardcore mac stuff like editing and want to use all the hdd space cpu and ram i need for it that the reason i want to dual boot lion and i have read this guide and it explains most things by limneos I have dual boot Windows and OSX All you need to do is first install Windows Then create a new partition for your osxwithin Windows format it as fat or ntfs and set to to be quot active quot Then run the osx installation and before you start the install go to Utilities and quot disk utility quot select the partition you created from Windows and format it as Journaled don't delete it Then install as you would normally selecting this partition as your installation target don't forget to customize your OSX installation with the necessary drivers for you system After installation is complete you will need to repair your Windows boot loader cause you probably won't be able to boot Windows Insert the Windows installation DVD at the first installation screen select your language etc and at the second screen select quot repair computer quot This will bring the Windows boot loader back so you can boot Windows Now you won't be able to load osx So boot in Windows and unhide your hidden MB partition In disk management assign a drive letter for your MB hidden partition Download EasyBCD and add a new boot entry select MacOS Generic X Add Save That's it You can now have dual boot with Windows and OSX and would like someone to change it to my needs or create a better one for lion since this was for thanks to u all

Nope, that guide looks about right. As long as you're dual booting with Windows 7, that guide should stay the same no matter what version of Mac OS X you are using. I have a triple boot with W7, W8 and Ubuntu so a triple boot should work fine on yours too. The only thing I would be worried about is space. Triple booting on a 40GB hard drive gives you roughly 13GB for each OS.

I am trying to make my new laptop hp- dv6 3174 dual boot with two operating systems Windows 7(which is preinstalled) and Ubuntu 10.10.
But after i install ubuntu, windows is getting erased. I tried repairing with system repair disc but not possible. Even if i put system repair disc it again ask to insert repair disc. And if i try to repair is with system image it replaces ubuntu with windows 7.
I asked some people here they are saying its issue with hp and not windows.
If anybody can solve this issue will be of gr8 help.

So, I have like a laptop with installed windows 10 first then installed ubuntu 14.04 LTS alongside windows.

ubuntu grub boots up asking me for boot options each time i restart.

So if I want to clean install windows 10 while ubuntu is still installed will it affect ubuntu and its data?.

I use ubuntu for work and windows when i am home.

I have upgraded windows 10 using windows update but now i feel like doing clean install of the anniversary update but afraid of losing ubuntu and work data or failure of ubuntu booting after reinstalling windows 10.

Can anyone suggest ideas or solutions?.

Thank you.

A:Is it possible to clean install windows 10 in dual boot with ubuntu?

Sure you can - no problem at all. Just boot from USB and pick the C partition when it asks you where to install Windows. You could (and I did) format the partition at this point. Make sure also that your WinRE recovery partition (if you have one) is big enough (500MB).

I dual boot with OSX and Windows and did a clean install of 1607 like that and it worked fine. It didn't touch the other OS at all. It did disable my bootloader (I use rEFInd not grub) but that happens every time I update either OS and it is just a matter of re-registering it.

Is it possible to dual boot windows 7 and ubuntu, with ubuntu on a external hard drive? I can connect my external hard drive via USB 2.0, USB 3.0 or E-SATA. I want windows 7 as my main OS. Could someone please help?

A:dual boot windows 7 and ubuntu on external harddrive

You need to enter your BIOS and change the boot priority to that external drive.

Your BIOS may allow you to enter a boot menu during startup which makes it a lot simpler.

While your PC is turning on it will flash with your PC vendors logo, at the bottom of this screen it should say press F2/Del to enter the BIOS or something similar.

BIOSes vary greatly from PC to PC so I can't really give you anything more than general advice but I'll try my best.

Hi there folks Please bear with me this is a bit long I want to have system with OSes as named in the subject line This is what I did to go about having that Its a new HDD GB partitioned as follows GB for Windows then GB Data and then GB again For Ubuntu I installed Windows and then installed Ubuntu on the respective partitions as mentioned Upon booting the system the grub screen appeared and could load Ubuntu Ubuntu issue 14.04 Windows with Ultimate boot Dual & 7 but the Windows Dual boot issue with Windows 7 Ultimate & Ubuntu 14.04 wouldn't The windows loader threw the error as follows Status xc f Info The boot selection failed because the required device is inaccessible and also advised a startup repair I tried to do that using a bootable USB DVD drive does not work in vain Choosing the Startup Repair option here took me to a screen where quot Windows quot OS is listed with quot MB quot Partition Size and quot Unknown Local Disk quot Location Followed by a message I'm para phrasing here the startup repair cannot fix the problem send the error to Microsoft Then I read on the interwebs somewhere to use the command line entity and run the commands bootrec exe fixboot bootrec exe fixmbr Both of which were successful and upon booting it went back to the Windows loader now with the same error and Ubuntu is not accessible at all So I have reinstalled the Windows on the same partition the quot head quot GB My windows loader shows instances of Windows during boot up one of which throws the same error and the other boots The quot tail quot end GB meant for Ubuntu is hidden but listed as a healthy one on the Disk Management I would like to get rid of the faulty Windows entry on the loader and get Ubuntu up and running smoothly Please let me know if you need any more info Thanks in advance

A:Dual boot issue with Windows 7 Ultimate & Ubuntu 14.04

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I would like to get rid of the faulty Windows 7 entry on the loader and get Ubuntu up and running smoothly. Please let me know if you need any more info.

Hi

Please download "EasyBCD" from https://neosmart.net/Download/Register/1 and use it to delete the non working entry from the BCD boot menu.

I want to upgrade Vista to Windows 7, but without disturbing my Ubuntu installation, which is dual boot with Vista. I would prefer to do a clean install of Windows 7 over Vista, which has had niggling little issues (I resolve them and new ones appear) ever since I bought the pc. I don't have the recovery discs for Vista (the ones you make when you buy a new system) as they went missing during a major move.

What is the best way to accomplish all the above? Also, from what I understand, a clean installation can be done with an upgrade version of Windows 7 as long as a previous version of Vista or XP is already on the machine? I am not terribly confident when it comes to doing things like this, so would appreciate any help I can get. Thanks.

A:Installing Windows 7 over Vista on dual boot with Ubuntu

Is your Ubuntu installation on a partition on the same hard disk or on a seperate one?

I set up a dual boot of Ubuntu and Windows on my lenovo u laptop a couple months ago and everything was working fine That was till I found a problem with the wireless when switching from Ubuntu over to I found that if I Ubuntu Windows and boot problem Dual wireless 7 left the wireless off in Ubuntu and restart to the wireless is completely disconnected in Later I learned that if I enabled the wireless in Ubuntu and restart into the wireless works fine Now the major problem is that the Ubuntu update completely screwed the Ubuntu installation The graphics nor the internet worked after the update so basically I'm stuck with the wireless off in Windows Also Dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 7 wireless problem I deleted the Ubuntu partition Dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 7 wireless problem to possibly reinstall it but another problem is that I got the install from a friend who isn't around Someone told me that Ubuntu actually shuts down the wireless card at the hardware level Does anyone know a low level way of enabling the wireless adapter in Windows ipconfig gives me the quot Media disconnected quot message on all of the adapter connections I have already tried reinstalling wireless drivers as well and none of the Windows troubleshooting apps help whatsoever

A:Dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 7 wireless problem

In the bios settings on most modern computers there is an option to enable or disable the wireless adapter.

Hello nbsp I have recently purchased an Acer Revo One RL It came pre-installed with Windows which I have upgraded to Windows I chose the option to 10 Boot Dual Revo Ubuntu - Acer RL85 & Lin... Windows use a separate installation USB stick I repartitioned the drive to leave room for ubuntu linux The Windows installation was fine nbsp In the space left over I installed Ubuntu Linux I was able to boot from a USB stick The installation was fine nbsp When booting I am not presented with any way to choose the operating system to launch - I am only presented with the Windows Boot Manager I have searched various other forum threads and there is mention of trusting the Ubuntu EFI boot files All the forums indicate that I need to enable a Supervisor Password in the BIOS which I have Doing so should apparently allow me to navigate to the Ubuntu Linux EFI files with the Boot tab in the BIOS This facility does not appear to be available nbsp The BIOS version is as follows nbsp System BIOSVersion P -A Build Date nbsp EC FirmwareVersion Build Date nbsp I can supply further details e g partition layout files installed into the UEFI partition etc if required nbsp Thanks

A:Acer Revo RL85 Dual Boot - Windows 10 & Ubuntu Lin...

Hi JP......In a few words, did you manage to get this sorted ? I'm in the same position. I can get the machine to work running from a USB stick, and I can get the thing to run only Ubuntu, resettng the UEFI restores Windows, but getting the Dual Boot to work is eluding me.P.

Bought a second-hand Compaq -bit desktop Evo-D a couple of years ago It came with a Windows XP CD but not with any other disks as far as I can remember I dual-booted Windows XP and Ubuntu LTS Long Term Support year Sound and ethernet controller ie internet on the XP and Ubuntu worked fine Yesterday I installed next Ubuntu LTS version and reformatted the Windows NFTS partition The No recent and Windows XP Ubuntu ethernet controller Dual-boot in Windows install seemed fine and the Ubuntu install finished ok too Internet using a wired ethernet connection and sound work from Ubuntu but not from Windows XP I checked the Device Manager on XP and the ethernet controller and sound drivers were marked with yellow exclamation marks Found some Evo-D ethernet controller links at the HP driver download site They were all exe files sp exe sp and sp I don't know how to try these exe files I copied them to a usb memory stick but the 'Have disk' upgrade install choice did not work Windows XP only showed drive D or drive A not drive E that corresponds to the USB memory stick I also copied the three exe files to a directory on drive C and tried the Browse choice but the OK button was greyed out as inactive I noticed that No ethernet controller in recent Dual-boot Windows XP and Ubuntu the 'Have disk' seemed to want inf files There was one showing in the drop-down list autorun inf I clicked this but it did not exist The Ubuntu Sysinfo function shows this about the ethernet controller Intel DB PRO VE LOM revision Subsystem Compaq Corporation device Windows XP installed worked fine but not yesterday when I used the same XP install CD I even reused the same GB NFTS partition after reformatting it What might have changed Have run out of ideas Hope someone can help Ken

A:No ethernet controller in recent Dual-boot Windows XP and Ubuntu

First download the chipset drivers from where you located the other drivers. Install the chipset drivers and reboot. Then install the other drivers just by opening the .exe files.

Also download the audio and video drivers and install them.

You reformatted and reinstalled Windows on the partition will erase any files and data including drivers. Which you will have to reinstall.

It all started like this I bought my HP-laptop weeks ago days ago I decided to dual-boot the pre-installed Windows with Ubuntu Netbook Thought it was a good idea Well I created a partition for Ubuntu on GB on my current HDD and the whole disk went from a Primary Disc to Basic Disc because of having more than partitions After that I decided to delete the partitions created by HP called HP TOOLS and HP RECOVERY I did After that I went and booted up with my USB and installed Ubuntu Netbook without SWAP-partition through advanced partition as it didn't come up with quot Install Ubuntu beside Windows quot or anything like that that I've seen others do At the advanded partition windows I chose the GB partition and checked quot Reformat to Ext journaled quot The mountpoint was quot quot It went fine and I loaded up Ubuntu Dual-boot and wrong. 7 Windows gone Ubuntu Netbook Remix; Netbook after that Everything worked fine - I could load Windows and Ubuntu Netbook through the GRUB bootloader But then it came Ubuntu Netbook decided to update to the latest Kernel I guess and it did well after that I haven't been Dual-boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu Netbook Remix; gone wrong. able to load up Windows When I try to load up Windows it goes on to the screen with the dots making the logo - doesn't even finish the logo - and then it freezes for a second comes up with a blue-screen of death with errors for seconds so I can't read what it says and then reboots This is my problem - I just want to be able to boot up my Windows Could it have anything to do with Ubuntu Netbook changing something in the BIOS by itself so I can't boot up Windows -bit Bootscript Code Boot Info Script dated February th Boot Info Summary gt Grub is installed in the MBR of dev sda and looks on the same drive in partition for boot grub sda File system Extended Partition Boot sector type - Boot sector info sda File system ext Boot sector type - Boot sector info Operating System Ubuntu LTS Boot files dirs boot grub grub cfg etc fstab boot grub core img sda File system swap Boot sector type - Boot sector info sda File system ntfs Boot sector type Windows Vista Boot sector info No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block Operating System Boot files dirs bootmgr Boot BCD sda File system ntfs Boot sector type Windows Vista Boot sector info No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block Operating System Windows Boot files dirs bootmgr boot BCD Windows System winload exe Drive Partition Info Drive sda Disk dev sda GB bytes heads sectors track cylinders total sectors Units sectors of bytes Sector size logical physical bytes bytes Partition Boot Start End Size Id System dev sda Extended dev sda Linux dev sda Linux swap Solaris dev sda SFS dev sda SFS blkid -c dev null Device UUID TYPE LABEL dev sda PTTYPE quot dos quot dev sda DE D CDE D ntfs SYSTEM dev sda E ADC ADBFEED ntfs dev sda ae b -e - -b a - cabd dd d ext dev sda f-b - a- -ab c e swap dev sda PTTYPE quot dos quot quot mount grep dev output Device Mount Point Type Options dev sda ext rw errors remount-ro sda boot grub grub cfg DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE It is automatically generated by usr sbin grub-mkconfig using templates from etc grub d and settings from etc default grub BEGIN etc grub d header if -s prefix grubenv then load env fi set default quot quot if prev saved entry then set saved entry prev saved entry save env saved entry set prev saved entry save env prev saved entry set boot once true fi function savedefault if -z boot once then saved entry chosen save env saved entry fi function recordfail set recordfail if -n have grubenv then if -z boot once then save env recordfail fi fi insmod ext set root ' hd ' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ae b -e - -b a - cabd dd d if loadfont usr share grub unicode pf then set gfxmode x insmod gfxterm insmod vbe if terminal output gfxterm then true else For backward compatibility with versions of terminal mod that don't understand terminal output terminal gfxterm fi fi insmod ext set root ' hd '... Read more

A:Dual-boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu Netbook Remix; gone wrong.

When you see GRUB boot options, select your Windows install and hit Enter. Immediately press and hold F8. You will see a screen with quite a few options. Select "Disable Automatic Restart On System Failure" and hit Enter. COpy paste the BSOD code here.It should probably be 0X000007B or 0X00000024

Hi, I currently have Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) and Ubuntu dual booted on my Dell XPS M1530. Everytime I run it, it locks up at about the half way point then it freezes. Then I have to hard shutdown the system. It does this everytime, do I need to uninstall Ubuntu? Can anybody help me out with this? Thanks

A:Creating System Image with Windows 7/Ubuntu dual boot

Welcome!

It doesn't sound like Ubuntu is causing the problem, as long as you're booted into Windows okay.

Try saving the backup in a different location. You may also test the drive you are saving to: Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities (Storage) - TACKtech Corp.

because i need help so badly i'm going to give you a walk thought of exactly what i did ok first i rebooted the computer and booted from the ubuntu disk onto installation and when to the choose partition part when i was there I noticed that all my free space was labelled unusable I then saw with dual windows ubuntu wont 7 failed due boot work to that at the top of the list there was a partition in my drive that was mb big so i deleted it when i deleted this windows 7 wont work due to failed dual boot with ubuntu partition all the free space that was unusable because usable and a created a partion from it that was a quot ext journaling file system quot gb big and put the mount point as solely because that windows 7 wont work due to failed dual boot with ubuntu what it said on the dual booting guide After that the installation went smoothly and ubuntu worked however i rebooted the computer to find to my surprise boot options these were - ubuntu linux - -generic - ubuntu linux - -generic recovery mode - Memory test memtest - Memory test memtest serial console - Windows vista loader on dev sda - Windows loader on dev sda This was surprising to me because windows vista has never been installed on this computer as I got windows 7 wont work due to failed dual boot with ubuntu it last christmas and came preinstalled with windows After seeing this i chose the windows option because i wanted to check if it was ok and it came up with a message saying windows failed to start and gave me the option of either launching startup repair or trying to launch windows normally This is when i knew something wasnt right so i clicked launch up repair It then came up with system recovery options which were restore your computer using a system image that you created earlier or use recovery tools that can help fix problems I chose to use recovery tools because i didnt know to do on the first option I then went through the options by START UP REPAIR i opened start up repair and a load bar came up but soon after it said start up repair cannot repair this computer automatically and only gave me the option to send error to microsoft which never helps I then clicked on system restore which came up with an error message saying quot to use system restore you must specify which windows installation to restore restart this computer select an operating system and then select system restore quot which i didnt really know what to do with Next i clicked System Image recovery this came up with an error message stating quot An internal error occurred The following information might help you resolve the error the system cannot find the file specified x Next Memory diagnostics which gave the options to quot restart now and check for problems quot or quot check for problems the next time i start my computer quot I clicked both of them and they both said there was an error preventing them from blah blah blah blah telling me to boot from the windows installation disk which i dont have because it came preinstalled I then had a futile go at command prompt I managed to get the windows setup up but this said quot a require cd dvd drive device is missing if you have a driver floppydisk cd dvd or usb flash drive please insert it now quot which i didnt know what to do with I then clicked on the last option acer erecovery management which came up with a error saying quot The exception unknown software exception xc d occurred in the application at the location x a f click on ok to terminate the program quot Sorry for the boring explanation but i dont know what to do from here i'd really apprieciated your suggestions As i said before I do not posses windows disk as it came pre installed and i did not back up because i thought i did not have anything i was scared to lose So if you have any ideas that i could try please please please post back i am not scared of losing anything that was actually on my hardrive i just merely want to not have to buy windows again everything else is repl... Read more

Hello nbsp I have recently purchased an Acer Revo & Acer Ubuntu 10 Lin... Dual RL85 - Boot Windows Revo One RL It came pre-installed with Windows which I have upgraded to Windows I chose the option to use a separate installation USB stick I repartitioned the drive to leave room for ubuntu linux The Windows installation was fine nbsp In the space left over I installed Ubuntu Linux I was able to boot from a USB stick The installation was fine nbsp When booting I am not presented with any way to choose the operating system to launch - I am only presented with the Windows Boot Manager I have searched various other forum threads and there is mention of trusting the Ubuntu EFI boot files All the forums indicate that I need to enable a Supervisor Password in the BIOS which I have Doing so should apparently allow me to navigate to the Ubuntu Linux EFI files Acer Revo RL85 Dual Boot - Windows 10 & Ubuntu Lin... with the Boot tab in the BIOS This facility does not Acer Revo RL85 Dual Boot - Windows 10 & Ubuntu Lin... appear to be available nbsp The BIOS version is Acer Revo RL85 Dual Boot - Windows 10 & Ubuntu Lin... as follows nbsp System BIOSVersion P -A Build Date nbsp EC FirmwareVersion Build Date nbsp I can supply further details e g partition layout files installed into the UEFI partition etc if required nbsp Thanks

Hopefully I'm sticking this in the right forum seems the closest to me at least Sorry for the wall of text but I'm trying to provide as much info as possible Anyway I can't get Win to boot after setting up dual boot Ubuntu on my GF's laptop Been trying to solve this with help from the Ubuntu forums for several hours I've been up all night to no avail I'll describe the problem boot after boot won;t Ubuntu dual 7 installing Win and everything that Win 7 won;t boot after installing Ubuntu dual boot has been tried so far REALLY hoping somebody has an idea I'm getting desperate I installed Ubuntu last night via the Live CD Used the Live version to install alongside Windows and partition the drive install Grub etc At reboot after POST it would just go to a black screen with a flashing cursor I could only run off the live CD A forum member determined the Grub was trying to load from the wrong partition We changed that and voila Grub now loads properly I can boot into Ubunto via Grub with zero problems HOWEVER when I try to boot into Win from Grub it just locks at the same flashing cursor of death screen The partition is till intact I can see and access all the files on the partition from within Ubuntu however will not boot I have tried downloading and burning the Win repair disk and doing all of the following Running the automatic Start Up Repair - Win 7 won;t boot after installing Ubuntu dual boot several times All it does is remove Grub but booting still goes to the flashing cursor and I have to reinstall Grub again to be able to do anything after POST I have used the command prompt to run quot bootsect nt SYS mbr quot Has the same effect as above I have used all the bootsec exe fixmbr fixboot and rebuildBCD commands Again all have the same effect and I have to reinstall Grub to get anywhere I don't have an installation disk to try and just do a repair install because Asus apparently doesn't feel that I would need one of these All I have is the recovery disks from the Asus AIRecovery application that want to just re-format the entire drive and start over This isn't an option It's my GF's laptop mine gave up the ghost last week and we both have WAY too much highly important data on here Not to mention she would castrate me Now from all my research the only other thing I've come across that sounds possible is that the boot flag needs to be set to a different partition Somebody had a somewhat similar problem and it turned out the way Dell set up the system the boot flag had to be moved to a recovery partition and it worked fine I'm wondering if Asus has something similar going on but I can't figure out how to move the boot flag I'm going on straight hours of working on this now and really need some help

A:Win 7 won;t boot after installing Ubuntu dual boot

Figured out how to move the boot flag from within Ubuntu. Had no effect at all. That exhausts my last remaining idea. ugh.

Recently I installed Vista and Ubuntu 8.10 on a 320 gb hdd, following a guide found at http://apcmag.com/how_to_dualboot_vista_with_linux_vista_installed_first.htm?page=1.

First I installed Vista, leaving 20 gb unassigned space at the end of the hdd. Then I installed Ubuntu 8.10 from the live-cd to the unassigned space.

I wanted Vista to load as default, so I followed step 4 from the guide, and now I have two boot-options (Vista and NeoGrub Bootloader), but when I choose the NeoGrub Bootloader I get an error msg saying that Vista can't load.

Does anyone know how to set up the boot options? I want the ability to choose between Vista and Ubuntu, and Vista to load as default after about 5 seconds.

Thanks

A:Dual boot system will not boot Ubuntu

There's actually an easy workaround for this if you're willing to let Grub be the default boot loader, that is, when your computer turns on, it goes straight into Grub and about four or so items are on the menu, including about three for Ubuntu and one for Windows. The idea is that after a period of so many seconds, it automatically goes into Windows. I found this at the How-To Geek site.

When you install a dual-boot of Ubuntu, one of the frustrating things that you'll immediately notice is that Ubuntu is now set as the default operating system in the Grub loader. There's an easy way to switch back to using Windows as the default.

To make this change, you'll first have to boot into Ubuntu, and then run the following command:

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Find this section of the file:

## default num # Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and # the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used. # # You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry # is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'. # WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved' or your # array will desync and will not let you boot your system. default 0

The important line is the last one. You will need to change that number 0 to match the Windows boot section. Typically it's always going to be 4 on a default dual-boot configuration. Change this value to 4, and then save and reboot your machine. You should go into Windows instead of Ubuntu automatically.

Note: The blocks at the bottom of the file match the items in the menu. You can change this value to match whichever item you want as default, just remember that numbering starts at 0.

Had win and XP working on dual boot with easyBCD for months Then had to wipe another drive so removed all connections in PC and wiped totally unrelated drive linked everything back up again and now windows won't boot up and the boot menu has gone I have three hard drives - Windows anymore 7 boot - booting XP partition dual Win and 7 not one backup one for XP and one with three partitions including win When i set the BIOS boot order to the XP drive it boots up ok when i set the order to win drive it gets to 'verifying dmi pool data' then asks for a boot cd I have rebuilt the MBR using partition wizard As you can see the XP drive is active and primary I cannot seem to set the win disk to be primary or active It also tells me Windows 7 and XP dual boot - Win 7 partition not booting anymore it cannot find a windows installation on the drive even though it is loaded onto E I have tried loading the win dvd and running the start repair several times but it does nothing I don't get what happened as all i did was remove all the hard drive connections then connect them back up a few hours later Any ideas I have spent four hours on it already and need help before i smash the thing up

fixed my setup in half a second. machine booted back into windows 7 directly, then used easyBCD to add the winXP option to the boot menu and back in business. Both XP and Win7 on boot menu and both working fine. Woohooo!

I am at the point of buying a new hard drive for an old computer. I've been told that it is possible to dual boot Windows XP and Ubuntu with a 80GB hard drive, but 120 GB would be preferred. I can get an 100GB (PATA/IDE) hard drive at a reasonable price. I just use simple email (not Outlook), internet browsing, MS Word, PDF documents. No games, no photography, no CAD/CAM or other activities that require a lot of space.

Eighty gigabytes should be fine. Forty can be accomplished. A full Windows XP installation should be less than 20GB and can be slimmed down greatly. Ubuntu's requirements state 5GB. I wouldn't recommend purchasing a larger drive without need for multiple software installations.

I have had an Ubuntu/XP system for a while now, but yesterday it started bluescreening just after the windows logo on every attempt to boot. Also, while I can boot into Ubuntu fine, I cannot access the data partition which is pretty scary! I havent backed up in a good few weeks.

I have a second drive 1TB, with nothing on it, that I want to install Windows 7 to.

I've partitioned and formatted the 2nd drive with Gparted to be DOS and NTFS, flagged one partition as BOOT.

Restart - boot from WIN disc. Follow the instructions up to picking which partition to install to. NONE of the partitions will let me install to them. OK.

SO I found tutorials on how to format and partition the drives in the CMD window. Did this. Followed all the instructions. STILL Windows will not let me install to any of the partitions in the choice window.

I get the error: Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition.

Help please?

A:Attempting dual boot - adding Windows 7 to existing Ubuntu laptop

Hi there,You have to install windows first, and then Ubuntu.Have a look at the tutorials section Dual booting

Hello I think this is the right place to put this since it s the XP part of my computer not working Sorry if this is in the wrong place The problem the one on Windows XP Startup boot Dual Solved: Ubuntu setup) BSODs (New that isn t between the Keyboard and the Chair I have recently installed Ubuntu on my previously Windows only PC and now Windows XP will not load at all I turn on my PC wait for the GRUB bootloader details below to appear and select Windows The black windows loading screen comes up for about seconds and promptly BSODs details below Ubuntu still loads fine The computer OS - Windows XP MCE I think Ubuntu Linux Bootloader - GNU GRUB version beta I have multiple partitions for all of my different things One for XP on for Ubuntu and two for files BSOD A problem has been detected etc etc If this is the first time etc etc If this screen appears again follow these steps Disable Solved: Windows XP BSODs on Startup (New Ubuntu Dual boot setup) or uninstall any anti-virus disk defragmentation or backup utilities Check your hard drive configuration Solved: Windows XP BSODs on Startup (New Ubuntu Dual boot setup) and check for any updated drivers Run CHKDSK F to check for Solved: Windows XP BSODs on Startup (New Ubuntu Dual boot setup) hard drive corruption and then restart your computer Tech info STOP x x x B F AA xC x Click to expand Bootloader GNU GRUB version beta Ubuntu Linux - -generic Ubuntu Linux - -generic recovery mode Ubuntu Linux - -generic Ubuntu Linux - -generic recovery mode I don t know why I have different versions the -generic only loads into a Terminal for some reason Memory test memtest Memory test memtest serial console Windows NT XP loader on dev sda Click to expand What I ve tried Using the Windows install disk to run CHKDSK F - This didn t work because there was no screen like the one after step here http kb wisc edu helpdesk page php id so there was no way for me to access the recovery console There is an option to press F to run Automated System Recovery which appears before the bar at the bottom says it s loading all the relevant drivers etc However I can t do this because it says quot Please insert the disk labeled Windows Automated System Recovery Disk into the floppy drive Press any key when ready quot and I don t have such a disk or a floppy drive Unfortunately I can t think of anything else to try so that s why I m here Thanks nbsp

Hello I know just enough about computers to get myself in trouble I had a GB Hard drive that was getting kind of crowded it was my sole hard drive I had XP on it and as I had no problems with it I was content to stick with it I bought a gb hard drive and not 7 detecting system boot anymore failure, Windows Dual as my fiancee had bought me an upgrade to Vista and then I put Windows on the new drive and left XP Dual boot system failure, not detecting Windows 7 anymore on the old The old drive the GB already had C taken so I named the new one G So everything was working fine and if I wanted to switch OS's I'd just reboot and choose the one I wanted Sadly my C drive just died I was like quot bummer I'll pop it out and just worth the windows one now quot However on start up I'm getting a bad boot file message and to put the install system disk in I do that and choose the restore option but its not showing that I have any previous versions of windows on it When I do the repair option it says it was fixing a partition error I can see the windows files when I use the command prompt and still see that windows is there under the G drive My question is does windows now think my G drive is supposed to be C Is that why it wont boot properly I mean it seems to be looking for windows to be under the C drive but its actually under G if that makes sense If so I found an article on how to change the drive letters via regedit at the command prompt Or do you think my hard drive is just hosed and that I need to reformat Thanks for looking and any help at all would be greatly appreciated Sorry I dont have specific info I'm not near the malfunctioning computer at the moment Oh I did go into the bios and check the settings in there It does recognize the drive and the fact that the older gb is no longer there Sorry if this is noobish

A:Dual boot system failure, not detecting Windows 7 anymore

Quote: Originally Posted by Vinbot1

Hello,

I know just enough about computers to get myself in trouble. I had a 160GB Hard drive that was getting kind of crowded, it was my sole hard drive. I had XP on it and as I had no problems with it, I was content to stick with it. I bought a 500gb hard drive and as my fiancee had bought me an upgrade to Vista and then 7, I put Windows 7 on the new drive and left XP on the old. The old drive (the 160GB) already had C: taken so I named the new one G:.

So, everything was working fine and if I wanted to switch OS's I'd just reboot and choose the one I wanted. Sadly my C: drive just died. I was like ".. bummer. I'll pop it out and just worth the windows 7 one now." However on start up I'm getting a bad boot file message and to put the install/system disk in. I do that and choose the restore option but its not showing that I have any previous versions of windows on it! When I do the repair option it says it was fixing a partition error. I can see the windows files when I use the command prompt and still see that windows is there under the G: drive.

My question is; does windows now think my G: drive is supposed to be C ? Is that why it wont boot properly? If so I found an article on how to change the drive letters via regedit. Or do you think my hard drive is just hosed?

Thanks for looking and any help at all would be greatly appreciated!! Sorry I dont have specific info, I'm not near the malfunctioning computer at the moment. Oh, I did go into the bios and check the settings in there. It does recognize the drive.

When you dual boot win 7 it puts the boot files into a hidden 100 (in win 7, 350 in win 8) Mb folder on the original OS drive.

So when you install win 7 it added that folder to the XP drive. When the drive failed the folder cant be found.

Greetings I have installed Ubuntu Ubuntu animation Windows dual-boot, 7 7 Windows problems logo LTS -bit alongside Windows Professional -bit OS in dual-boot configuration with GRUB beta Both OSs are up to date however occasionally I do not get the animated Windows logo in the Windows boot-up and a distorted screen is displayed instead until I am presented with the Ubuntu Windows 7 dual-boot, Windows 7 logo animation problems login screen This Ubuntu Windows 7 dual-boot, Windows 7 logo animation problems issue was non-existent before my Ubuntu installation and I am not able to fix it I should also note that the Windows boots up but this artefact is really annoying I already posted this on askubuntu com but received no reply for screen-shots you may wish to check it After Ubuntu installation Windows experiences boot-up issues - Ask Ubuntu So far I have tried a command on the Windows console but it did not resolve the issue By the way I experience this problem occasionally and in these cases mostly the laptop is running on battery power My laptop brand and model is Dell Latitude E respectively Any help and or suggestion is greatly appreciated

I lost access to my windows 7 drive (Dual-boot windows 7 & Ubuntu). every time I try to run Windows 7 I get the message: Bootmgr is compressed, Press CTRL_ALT-DEL to restart. I could run Bootrec /fixmbr or diskpart or attrib to rebuild my mbr table through DOS command window using my windows 7 recovery CD. The problem I cannot access drive C: where my windows 7 are. I get the error message: Cannot open volume for direct access or system cannot find the drive path or specified. I still can access all my windows folders and files through home folder in Ubuntu. I don't want to reformat and reinstall windows. Is there is a way to run the DOS commands within Ubuntu or any other advice to how to fix this issue.

A:Lost access to Windows 7 Drive (Dual-Boot Windows 7 & Ubuntu)

Hi,

Please see whether the steps outline in this tutorial will be of help: